Don King Boxing - Nintendo Wii

Description

Experience boxing action both inside and outside the ring. Don King Presents Prizefighter is equal parts sports simulation and true boxing drama. The action within the squared-circle accurately mimics the sport s tactics and hard knocks by letting you create angles and openings using a full arsenal of true 3D motion captured movement and punch mechanics found only in the real world sport? until now. Outside the ring, the drama continues as you are faced with temptations inherent in any professional athletes life, where you must balance these trappings of notoriety with the hardship of training in order to find the road to glory. As you progress through your career, a live-action documentary tells your story, warts and all. 14 fight gyms and arenas including the renowned Madison Square Garden, Trump s Taj Mahal, and Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Multiplayer lets you go head-to head against your opponents on the same machine or online to see who is the better fighter pound-for-pound.In collaboration with the legendary boxing promoter Don King, 2K Sports brings you Don King Boxing for the Nintendo Wii. With the Wii version of this game you ll get a sense of what it s like to be a real professional boxer in your very own living room -- especially when you take full advantage of the game play with the Wii Balance Board. Although the Wii Balance Board enhances your experience, it is optional for game play.

Get ready to rumble at real venues, such as Madison Square Garden, Boardwalk Hall, and Trump Taj Mahal. View larger.

Provides unique game play with over 20 real licensed boxers, a deep career mode, and more. View larger.

Go toe-to-toe against your friends using the first-person, split-screen display. View larger.

Unique tutorial mode employs exercises and techniques used by boxing s best trainers. View larger.

Duck, Dodge, and Punch. . .Without any of the Pain
Duck and dodge blows, throw counter punches with both hands, all while trying to maintain your center of balance on the Wii Balance Board. And when you combine this unique game play with over 20 real licensed boxers, a deep career mode, and an intuitive multiplayer, split-screen mode, you ve got a gaming experience that immerses players into the sport. Standing on the Wii Balance Board will make you feel like you ve just stepped into the ring, but without the intense pain and broken noses.

Real Venues and a Deep Career Mode
Get ready to rumble at real venues, such as Madison Square Garden, Boardwalk Hall, and Trump Taj Mahal. You ll experience epic 3D boxing action on the Wii as every head and body shot draws you further into each match through an immersive, first-person camera system. Don King Boxing gives you the opportunity to live out the rags-to-riches underdog story of "The Kid" in the deep career mode. From his rough-and-tumble start at the local boxing gym to his rise to fame as an international star, you can experience both the big victories and hard knocks of professional boxing.

Mini-Games, Toe-to-Toe, and Fitness game play
Play fun mini-games to earn fitness points and track your progress with a Fitness Chart and in-game calendar, all of which help improve your boxer s stats. You can also go toe-to-toe against your friends using the first-person, split-screen display. Friends or foes can box against each other with the same menacing proximity found in the actual ring, but without any of the bumps or bruises. And if you d like to use the game to get in shape, you ll appreciate the unique tutorial mode that employs many of the exercises and techniques used by boxing s best trainers to develop skills and improve fitness.